Archive of 20 January 2012

Ken pushes lead with appeal to Boris voters

Ken Livingstone has tried to build on his shock poll advantage by reaching out to Boris's Johnson's key constituency in the suburbs.

Cameron faces growing anti-austerity consensus ahead of Davos visit

The prime minister faces a building consensus against the government's austerity programme, ahead of a crucial World Economic Forum meeting next week.
The mysterious disappearance of Nadine Dorries' abstinence bill

Nadine Dorries' bill enforcing mandatory abstinence classes for girls mysteriously disappeared off the order paper today, as protesters gathered outside parliament.